ServiceController.Pause Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.ServiceProcess

Assembly:: System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.dll

Assembly:: System.ServiceProcess.dll

Package:: System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController v8.0.1

Package:: System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5

Source:: ServiceController.cs

Source:: ServiceController.cs

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Suspends a service's operation.

public:
 void Pause();

public void Pause ();

member this.Pause : unit -> unit

Public Sub Pause ()

Exceptions

Win32Exception

An error occurred when accessing a system API.

InvalidOperationException

The service was not found.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the use of the Pause method to pause a service. This example is part of a larger example that is provided for the ServiceController class.

sc.Pause();
while (sc.Status != ServiceControllerStatus.Paused)
{
    Thread.Sleep(1000);
    sc.Refresh();
}
Console.WriteLine("Status = " + sc.Status);

sc.Pause()
While sc.Status <> ServiceControllerStatus.Paused
    Thread.Sleep(1000)
    sc.Refresh()
End While
Console.WriteLine("Status = " + sc.Status.ToString())

Remarks

You cannot call Continue for the service until the service controller status is Paused.

Applies to

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